Vulcanizing apparatus.



H. 1. DOUGHTY.

VULCANIZING APPARATUS.

APPLICATIGN FILED SEP1 .24. l9l3.

' 1,260,990. A Patented Ma1.26,1918.

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HENRY J. noueirrr, or nnenvvoonggnnonn ISLAND, .ess-reime To noUeH'rY ,rien comrm, or ronrtnznn, MAINE, A conroiaerron or MAINE.

instemt-'eins APPARATUS.

' sSpliceiiicati'cn of Letters Patent. Patentdl yMljaylp, 26, 191g,

. Application 'med-september 24, 191s. serial no. 791,666.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. DoUeH'rr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Edgewood, in the county'of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulA Improvements in Vulcanizing Apparatus, of which the followingy is a specification.

This'r invention relates to vulcanizing apparatus, of the class more particularly designed for vulcanizing the casingsv for automobile tires and the like, and has for its object to provide in such an apparatus a separable .mold whose sections are heated by any suitable means but preferably by steam,

said mold being provided witha core formedA i-n segments, such by way of example as is illustrated and described in my 0 co-pending application Serial Number 739,233, and each individual segment being heated by electrical means.

In the specific form of the invention illusi trated each segment is hollow and in this hollow chamber an electrically heating element, such as a coil or` the like, is inserted, means being provided whereby the first movementfin separati'n the parts ofthe -mold and core at once reaks the electrical connections and automatically shuts oil' the current to each coil, and vthe last movement in closing the mold automatically makes the' connection'to complete the circuit and causes the coil to heat the core.

It is found in practice that 'by t eemployment of my improved core heating device on my machine, that approximately seventy-tive per cent. of the time necessary for vulcanizing a, tire is saved over the operation of the machine whose core is not heated, and also by this method of heating va better quality of tire is obtained as the vulcanizing effect. is more uniform.

With these and other objects in view,the invention conslsts of certaln novel features of construction, as will be more fully vde- I -scribed and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. y

Of the accompanying drawings:

Figure l-f is a sectional elevation show-A ing a portion of the machine to `which my improvedv heating apparatus is. attached, the view showingthe mold ring in its extreme open position with both sets" of segments 'drawn inward and the second set withdrawn to a lower plane than that of the other, and a tire casing is shown in position ready to be acted upon.

Fig. 2 is a lan view showing the annular, core as divided into segments with the mechanism for moving said segments removed, two of said segments being shown in section with an independent electrical heating coil in each, also showing the wire connections to the other segments.

Fig. 3- is an enlarged view showing a portion of the different mold sections and one of the core sections in position within a tire and illustrating the spring contact for completing the electrical connection to the core when the mold is brought to closed position.

Fig. 4.- is a perspective view illustrating a portion of one of the core segments in section and showing the chamber formed therein and the slot in the inner edge for receiving the heating coil therethrough.

sections being shown as heated by steam through the pipes 13, 14 and 15 respectively. Coperating with these mold sections is the core portion 16. This core, as illustrated in Fig. 2, is divided into a plurality of alterl nate large and4 small segments 17 and 18, respectively, alll of. said segments being adapted to be moved radially inward, the small segments moving first and then being dropped to a plane lower than that of the radial vmovement to permit the larger segment to move inward a distancesuticient'to receive the tire casing. The mechanism Jfor accomplishing such operation is fully illus- Jtrated and described in my above-mentioned co-pending application.

Each- 'of these core segments are preferably made hollow as at 19 their inner surthrough which the heating coil presently de- 10o face vbeing slotted as at 20, see Fig. 4,'

scribed may be passed into said chambered 1 portion. t

This 'heating coil or Vunit 21 may be formed in any convenient way. and of any convenient shape, but is preferably made in the 150m-illustrated in Fig. 5. This heat.

even disturbing the heating unit on its carrier. This heating unit is adapted to be passed through the slot 20 of its individual segment into the chambered portion thereof, each coil being provided with a laterally extendingI `threaded stem 22 which passes lthrough and is secured to the inner segmental plate 23 by means of the nut 24.

One of thesey coils is provided for each ofy the segments and is made of a size -to be passed through the opening thereinto. The electrical connection to the coils in the large segments are best illustrated in Fig. 3. The wire 25 extends outward from the coil winding through the plate 23 and upward to the contact plate. 26 located on the carriage portion 27 and insulated therefrom by the block 28. The other connecting member is a .spring pressed pin 29 supported in the insulating block 30 on the ixed steam chamber 3l, whereby when these large segments are moved out into operating position andthe mold sections closed the contact is automatically made and the circuit completed through the wires 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 to cause the current to pass through all of said cores simultaneously to heat them. The other and smaller set ofl core segments .18, which are moved first radially inward `and then downward to aq lower plane, are providedwith a similar wire connection each -having a contact plate 37 which when the core is moved outward into position and the mold closed will contact with the spring pressed pins 38 and complete the circuit through the wires 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43 through these segments, and both sets of Wires are connected to the usual switchv 44 through which thecurrent is supplied from any convenient source through the feed wires 45 and 46.

The operation of my improved heating levice may be more fully described as folows:

When it is desired to insert a tire into the mold the parts are separated into the position illustrated in Fig. 1 by suitable means,

not shown, which separating action breaks the electrical connection and the current to the coils in the different segments is shut off.

When the tire casing is positioned and ready to be acted upon and vulcanized by this apparatus, the parts of the mold are closed tointo and exert a heavy pressure on the inner portion of the wire. Steam is applied through the pipes 13, 14 and 15 to the dilerent mold sections for applying the necessary vulcanizing temperature to the outside of the tire and as the parts are brought into operative position an electrical connection is completed through the wires 32 and 39 thereby providing heat on'the inside of the tire as well as on the outside, thus greatly reducing the time necessary for vulcanizing a tire over the operation of a machine whose core is not heated. The application of heat to the inside of the tire also produces much fbetter results as the vulcanizing effect is more uniform and a better quality of tire is obtained.

Then again, in starting the cold machine in the, morning when no heat is applied to the core portion, a good part of an hour is wasted before this core portion can beI brought up to the required vulcanizing heat.

I claim: l. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprisving a mold formed of separable sections, a

core therefor constructed of a plurality of ,independent separable segments, and independently supported heating devices eX- tending into the respective segments for heating each segment independently of the remaining segments.

2. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a mold formedof separable sections, a

core therefor constructed of a plurality of independent radially movable segments, segmental plates supporting said core segments, and means carried by said segmental plates for heating each segment independently ofV the remaining segments.

3. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the mold sections,A a mold core constructed of a plurality of separable segments and a removable electrical heating element for each segment. y

4. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heatingthe mold sections, a mold core constructed of a plurality of separable segments and a removable electrical heating element for ea'ch segment contained within the hollow core but out of contact with the walls thereof.l

5. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a mold formed of separable sections, a mold core constructed of a plurality of separably arranged hollow segments, and a plu- Y rality of independently supported electrical heating elements inclosed within the respective segments.

6. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the mold sections, a mold core constructed of a plurality of hollow segments, and a removable electrical coil within each segment for heating them independently.

- 7. A tire vulcanizing .apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the mold sections with steam, a mold core constructed of a plurality of separable segments each having a chambered portion, and an independent removable electric heating element within the chamber of each segment. 8. A .tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the outer sections of said mold by steam, a radially movable segmental core for said mold, an electrical heating element for each segment, and a carrier Vfor said heating element for removably supporting them in said core.

9. A- tire vulcanizingapparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the n exterior sections of saidmold by steam, a

segmental core for said mold, each segment being provided with an independent removable electrical heating element.'

10. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising al separable mold, means for heating the sections of saidv mold, -a segmental core for said mold, a carrierfor" said core, and an independent electrical heating element secured tovsaid carrier separately from'said 4'core whereby the latter may be replaced by another core without disturbing said heating element. Y

11. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating .the sections of said mold, a plurality of ra-r dially movable segmental cores for` said mold, mechanism-for moving the same and a separate and independent electrical heating element removably mounted in each segment. v

12. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating` each section of said mold with steam, a mold core constructed of a plurality of hollow segments each. having a chambered portion and an independent electric heating element within the chamber of each seg-- ment, and means for completing an electrical circuit through said coils as the segments are moved to operative position.

13. A tire vulcanizing vapparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the sections of said moldby steam, a'

segmental core for said mold, .each segment being provided wlth an independent detachable 'electrical heating element, and means for completing an'electrical circuit through said colls as the segments are moved to op-n erative position.

. 14. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a mold, means for heating the same., a plurality of segmental cores :Eor'said mold each being provided with electrical heating v means, and means for automatically controlling the electrical circuit of said heating l means through the movement of said cores.

15. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the sections of said mold by steam, a segmental core-for said mold, each segment being hollow and provided with an independent detachable electrical heating element within said hollow portion, and means for automatically completing an electrical circuit through said coils as the segments are moved to operative position.

16. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the sections of said mold by steam, a seg-l mental core for said mold, each segment be- 1 ing hollow and provided with an independent electricalheating element within said hollow portion, and means controlled by movements of the segments to and from operative position forautomatically making and breaking the .electrical circuit through said coils.

17. A tire vulcanizing apparatus comprising a separable mold, means for heating the-sections Aof said mold by steam, a segmental core for said mold,` each segment being provid'edvwith an independent electrical heating element, and means controlled by movements of the' segments to and from operative position for making and breaking the electrical circuit throu h said coils.v

18. A tire vulcanizing machine comprissaid sections, a mold core constructed o f a plurality of hollow segments, an electrical heating 'element in each segment, means for :ing separable mold. sections, means for heat- Y ing each mold section, means for separating.

moving said segments radially, and contacts l carriedby the sections for completing the electrical circuit through said coils when all i ed to coperate with" means onI said segments for completing the electrical circuit through said coils when all the different parts; returned to operative osition. l In testimony whereo I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l HENRY J. DoUeH'rY.

Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLow, E. LA QeunN. 

